How To Find Ontario Crown Land to Shoot On

Thank you for this info, it clears up so much of the general comments experienced hunters give to all the new comers to this sport about hunting on" crown land" but not the details on where and how!
 
They are never going to post Crown Land locations in Southern Ontario because there is too many damn people !!!!! Why would the gov't go " HEY GUNNUTZ, drive 10 mins out of the city and unload your firearms" Then everyone honkey tonk, weekend warrior, inexperienced knucklehead shooters would be lazy and stay close to the borders, cause problems, leave messes and ruin it further for all the good sportin folk. Yeah sure there is lots of forest near Milton or whatever close to. It is so far north so that it is a challenge and will weed out the serious responsible people from the lazy mess makers that can't be bothered to make the trek. That seems smart enough for me, that's what i would expect living the GTA. Hell if this Chow chik wins that sucks for Toronto Handgun owners.
 
strathglass said:
Ok, would be interesting to hear how helpful they are.

The 74A number is the WMU - Wildlife Management Unit (hunters need to know what WMU they are hunting in since each each WMU can have different hunting season start and end dates and different regulations); the MNR has detailed maps of each of the WMUs here:
http://www.ontario.ca/environment-an...t-unit-wmu-map
(Short link: http://goo.gl/jLI44g)
There is also a small map in the annual guide that the MNR publishes...here is a link to that: Ontario Hunting Regulations Summary (see pages 12-17 in the 2014 guide).
The Ontario Hunter Education program covers this, FYI.
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So to get back to this after months and months, the MNR people have been particularly unhelpful. They say they'll call you back they never do, they always seem standoffish and never answer questions, it basically feels impossible to get an answer out of these people. I've been frustrated for 6 months trying to get some kind of response/information from them...so annoying.
 
Great post. Really helped to understand the land. But still a question, next year I want to hunt, am I allowed to go lets say south of Timmins and hang a tree stand and wait, there is no risk of bumping at another hunters or invading "taken" land for the season?
Anyway, very good job.
Thanks for the time you spent explaining this.
 
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